Public art
Giant painting of George Floyd murder displayed on Los Angeles billboard after being cancelled in Minneapolis
Advertising firms in Minneapolis—where Floyd was killed by police—refused to show the work saying it was too violent, but advocacy group says it will try again
Vandals apprehended after covering Richard Serra’s vast desert sculpture in Qatar with graffiti
Government organisation Qatar Museums has launched campaign to encourage locals to respect public works
Apache artist Bob Haozous explains why he made a shrine to racism
The son of the modernist sculptor Allan Houser describes the impetus behind his piercing monument in Santa Fe
Noguchi lobby installation is carted away from its high-rise New York home, across the street from MoMA
Museum sought to keep the site-specific work in place at 666 Fifth Avenue, but developer decided it had to go during renovation
Contemporary public art: who is it for?
Plus, Tom Sachs on Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie
The must-see outdoor shows and artworks in Miami this week
From Marco Brambilla's Duchamp-inspired projection for Maison Margiela to an interactive work by Olaf Breuning
Provocative Marilyn Monroe sculpture to return to Palm Springs—and the arts community is not happy about it
A plan to install the kitsch work in front of the city’s art museum has raised complaints from the community, which has called Forever Marilyn “blatantly sexist”
Anselm Kiefer makes first new works for Paris's Pantheon in almost a century
President Emmanuel Macron chose the German artist for the commission that commemorates the French writer and First World War soldier Maurice Genevoix
In honour of Armistice Day, more than 100 English war memorials listed as sites of historical importance
Monuments commemorating the First and Second World Wars—mostly built in small towns and villages—are added to Historic England's list of protected places
Three outdoor exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From empathetic documentary photography in King's Cross to Cauleen Smith's Covid Diary broadcast at Piccadilly Circus Lights
Marina Abramovic work to show on 'world's largest digital canvas' in London
Curator Marco Brambilla says public art programme on vast screens off Tottenham Court Road will rival Tate's Turbine Hall commissions in impact
The estate of George Rickey, who created balletic kinetic sculptures, now at Kasmin gallery
Monumental moving works by the artist will be shown next fall on the Chelsea space’s rooftop and along Park Avenue uptown
#MeToo Medusa sculpture to be installed across from New York courthouse where Harvey Weinstein stood trial
But some have questioned whether the statue truly embodies the feminist movement
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From a tribute to Breonna Taylor at Mitchell Innes & Nash to the Public Art Fund's portals placed through Central Park
New public art project in London will show works by Ai Weiwei and Eddie Peake on Europe's largest billboard
The digital art platform CIRCA will commission a new artist every month to create a work that reflects on the year 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be memorialised with statue in Brooklyn
Governor Andrew Cuomo has suggested a site for the monument of the Supreme Court justice, overlooking the Statue of Liberty
Mural memorialises Vancouver’s lost historic Black neighbourhood
Hogan’s Alley was once a thriving hub of Black Canadian culture, before it was demolished like so many communities in the name of urban renewal
Central Park gets its first monument honouring women’s rights advocates on 100th anniversary of suffrage
Hillary Clinton attended the unveiling of the statue depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth
The complicated history of the first monument to Sacajawea, funded by suffragists and designed by a woman
The Indigenous guide who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition across America’s western territories was later celebrated by the women’s vote movement—but her story was never fully told
As public art comes under increased scrutiny, New York's High Line asks the people to help pick its next installation
Around 80 artists—including Nick Cave, Mona Hatoum and Rafa Esparza—have submitted proposals for the elevated park on Manhattan's West Side
Public art initiative encourages New Yorkers to get outside as museums remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The campaign offers a digital map of public art works and exhibitions in the five boroughs
While Burning Man is cancelled, festival art finds a home in Las Vegas
Art Island, a new outdoor project, plans to present—and sell—large-scale works more often found at desert events
As protestors call for justice in New York, Mel Edwards to install broken chains in City Hall Park
An outdoor exhibition of the sculptor’s work has been postponed to give space to the Black Lives Matters movement
San Francisco university in talks with US government about preserving New Deal-era murals slated for destruction
The General Services Administration considers paintings by Bernard Zakheim federal property on loan to the school, it says
'When the politics change, so must the statues'
History can teach us a lot about how to—and how not to—deal with problematic historic monuments
Murals that ‘whitewash’ American history come under fire
Monuments are not the only problematic depictions of the past
Minneapolis arts groups tackle inequality in the local scene—and the industry at large
Controversy over a mural homage to George Floyd in the city has prompted conversations about opportunities and resources for Black artists and community organisations